Lowest-income counties in the US
Explore places with the lowest median household income, with uncertainty shown.
U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimatesPeriod: 2020–2024 ACS 5-yearRetrieved 2026-10-05T08:20:49+00:00
Ascending median household income: ACS B19013_001E. Low median income is not the same measure as the share of residents in poverty. All US counties and county equivalents with usable estimates. ACS 5-year pooled estimates; margins of error are at the 90% confidence level. Ranks do not imply statistically significant differences. Missing, suppressed, and annotated/top-coded estimates are excluded.
Ranks are competition ranks computed across the full filtered set.
| Rank | Name | State | Median household income | Population |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1701 | McPherson County | South Dakota | $66,906 ±$7,668 | 2,145 |
| 1702 | Perkins County | South Dakota | $66,908 ±$9,644 | 3,001 |
| 1703 | Gilliam County | Oregon | $66,917 ±$11,858 | 1,971 |
| 1704 | Powell County | Montana | $66,923 ±$11,061 | 7,053 |
| 1705 | Wharton County | Texas | $66,924 ±$3,866 | 41,794 |
| 1706 | Koochiching County | Minnesota | $66,940 ±$6,329 | 11,833 |
| 1707 | Bonner County | Idaho | $66,979 ±$3,737 | 51,049 |
| 1708 | Clinton County | Iowa | $66,981 ±$2,735 | 46,268 |
| 1709 | Crawford County | Iowa | $67,027 ±$6,034 | 16,277 |
| 1710 | Powder River County | Montana | $67,045 ±$14,071 | 1,815 |
| 1710 | Boyd County | Nebraska | $67,045 ±$9,064 | 1,688 |
| 1712 | Del Norte County | California | $67,058 ±$6,573 | 27,107 |
| 1713 | Lamar County | Georgia | $67,062 ±$7,932 | 19,571 |
| 1714 | Larue County | Kentucky | $67,067 ±$6,206 | 15,107 |
| 1715 | Whitfield County | Georgia | $67,070 ±$2,731 | 103,598 |
| 1716 | Pacific County | Washington | $67,081 ±$5,075 | 23,994 |
| 1717 | Shawnee County | Kansas | $67,104 ±$2,304 | 178,025 |
| 1718 | Grand County | Utah | $67,106 ±$10,532 | 9,754 |
| 1719 | Waushara County | Wisconsin | $67,107 ±$2,599 | 24,868 |
| 1720 | Wallowa County | Oregon | $67,112 ±$9,113 | 7,553 |
| 1721 | Crawford County | Georgia | $67,116 ±$7,977 | 12,225 |
| 1722 | Glenn County | California | $67,139 ±$5,144 | 28,494 |
| 1722 | Taylor County | Texas | $67,139 ±$3,057 | 145,863 |
| 1724 | Lyman County | South Dakota | $67,143 ±$7,804 | 3,724 |
| 1725 | Rock Island County | Illinois | $67,159 ±$1,869 | 142,757 |
| 1726 | Forsyth County | North Carolina | $67,165 ±$1,465 | 389,977 |
| 1727 | Washington County | Colorado | $67,167 ±$4,701 | 4,831 |
| 1728 | Lafayette County | Mississippi | $67,185 ±$3,451 | 58,327 |
| 1729 | Wright County | Iowa | $67,190 ±$5,843 | 12,791 |
| 1730 | Shenandoah County | Virginia | $67,191 ±$6,235 | 44,925 |
| 1731 | Nelson County | North Dakota | $67,193 ±$7,502 | 3,016 |
| 1732 | Bedford County | Tennessee | $67,225 ±$4,697 | 52,237 |
| 1733 | Hutchinson County | Texas | $67,228 ±$8,462 | 20,184 |
| 1734 | Boundary County | Idaho | $67,237 ±$10,845 | 13,172 |
| 1735 | Clayton County | Iowa | $67,242 ±$4,606 | 17,013 |
| 1736 | Gage County | Nebraska | $67,247 ±$3,160 | 21,629 |
| 1737 | Juneau County | Wisconsin | $67,270 ±$2,476 | 26,689 |
| 1738 | Johnson County | Missouri | $67,272 ±$2,697 | 54,732 |
| 1739 | Faulkner County | Arkansas | $67,289 ±$2,304 | 127,717 |
| 1740 | White County | Indiana | $67,303 ±$3,071 | 24,717 |
| 1741 | Habersham County | Georgia | $67,309 ±$3,432 | 47,793 |
| 1742 | Graham County | Arizona | $67,325 ±$4,646 | 39,232 |
| 1743 | Montcalm County | Michigan | $67,344 ±$2,180 | 67,816 |
| 1744 | Towner County | North Dakota | $67,350 ±$10,236 | 2,079 |
| 1745 | Marion County | West Virginia | $67,370 ±$4,114 | 55,909 |
| 1746 | Warren County | Illinois | $67,385 ±$6,850 | 16,447 |
| 1747 | Poweshiek County | Iowa | $67,391 ±$5,210 | 18,545 |
| 1748 | Clark County | Wisconsin | $67,400 ±$1,810 | 34,739 |
| 1749 | Lassen County | California | $67,403 ±$3,407 | 30,356 |
| 1750 | Shiawassee County | Michigan | $67,404 ±$2,587 | 67,991 |
± figures are the published 90% margin of error; small differences between estimates may not be statistically significant.
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